Thursday, December 20, 2012



Great News!

The City of Temecula reports that it has welded crossbars on the bike killer grates on DePortola Road. More specifically, the city has convinced the contractor building the hospital there to weld cross bars so that bicycle wheels do not fall through. The grates, of course, are still very dangerous, so be careful. Thanks to everyone who called and wrote the city. Your voice counts!

Monday, December 17, 2012

Bike Killer Grate

Day 62 of  no fix on the Bike Killer Grate on DePortola Road near Margarita Road (eastbound). The city fixed the ones on the other side of the road, but are letting the contractor for the new hospital being built there "deal" with this issue. We want the grate replaced or fixed. They are illegal under state law. The loophole is that projects built in the city of Temecula do not fall under state law. We need to change that, too. Temecula should follow state law, there is a reason for it, these things are dangerous.

We need this grate fixed before someone is injured or killed. I rode this last night in the rain and even knowing it was coming up, it is still a tight maneuver getting around the cones and not getting hit by traffic. What if someone hits the cones or, worse, drops a wheel? 

Here are city council members email addresses. Send them a message now to get this fixed!


ron.roberts@citycouncil.org
chuck.washington@cityoftemecula.org
jeff.comerchero@citycouncil.org
mike.naggar@citycouncil.org
maryann.edwards@citycouncil.org

Friday, December 7, 2012






More than 50 cyclists showed up with the Temecula Bicycle Coalition Friday, December 7, for the Temecula Holiday Parade.

Thursday, December 6, 2012

Temecula Santa Claus Electric Light Parade

Join the Temecula Bicycle Coalition Friday night, December 7, for the Temecula Santa Claus Electric Light Parade. Put some decorations on your bike and meet up with us in the parking lot of the Stampede on Old Town Front Street. The parade starts at 7 p.m. in Old Town. And check out the image I found of a tandem with "trailer." Better than mine, so I will share it with you and get back to work on mine.
Beware of a bike killer drainage grate on the south side of De Portola Road near Margarita Road. It's the kind of grate with slats running parallel to the road, and there is a chance that some poor cyclist is going to drop his or her front wheel into it and get launched. We have emailed the city for months, and the contractor responded by putting up orange cones that block the bike lane! Fixing thes is fairly easy, a few crossbars and a torch. The city fixed the one on the other side of the street, but right now is allowing the contractor to leave this grate open. Watch out!